Itinerary
Day 1: Private pick up from ADB İZMİR airport and Ephesus Tour Drop Pamukkale Hotel.
Stop At: Selcuk, Selcuk, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning and take you to the airport for a one-hour flight from Istanbul to Izmir. You will meet your tour guide, by landing. After a brief introduction, we depart direction Ephesus.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
As you arrive into Ephesus, you will first see the Magnesia Gate, a marvelous example of ancient architecture that once stood tall as an entrance to the city. Is the main entrance and a must to see.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bibliotheque de Celsus, Efes Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Selcuk Turkiye
Your guide will take you into the city’s ruins. Where you will see the Odeon and the Celsus Library,
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Hadrian, Curetes St., Selcuk Turkiye
Your guide will show you the Temple of Hadrian. This temple dedicated to Emperor Hadrian is considered one of the best-preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street. It was constructed at the beginning of the 2nd century AD by P. Quintilius to celebrate Hadrian visiting the city from Athens.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Trajan's Fountain, Curetes St., Selcuk Turkiye
Built-in around 104 C.E, it is one of the finest monuments in Ephesus. It was constructed for the honor of Emperor Trajan, and the statue of Trajan stood in the central niche on the facade overlooking the pool.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
The theater, one of the city’s best-preserved monuments, is still used today for the local spring festival. It once had seating space for 24,000 people, and it is believed to be the site where St Paul preached to the Ephesians.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
After we tour Ephesus, we will drive to the Virgin Mary House is located on the Bülbül Mountain, 9 km from Selçuk. It is known that John brought Virgin Mary to Ephesus 4 or 6 years after the death of Jesus. In 1891, the Lazarist priests, upon the dream of the German nun A. Katherina Emerich, discovered that the house where the Virgin Mary spent her last days was at the end of this research. After that visit, we will enjoy our lunch, in a typical Turkish restaurant.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye
After our lunch, we depart for the following place to visit. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was located on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and was built in the 6th century BCE. Such was its tremendous size, double the dimensions of other Greek temples including the Parthenon, that it was soon regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sirince, Sirince, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
''Sirince village'' No one is certain of the exact history of the village but rumors suggest freed slaves from the Roman city of Ephesus, founded it and named their village Cirkince (ugly) because they did not want outsiders interrupting their newly found home.
For hundreds of years, Greeks and Turks lived side by side in the village until the Turkish War of Independence in 1923. After this, locals were mainly Turks and a local governor changed the name to Sirince to show its beauty. After the tour, we drive direction Selcuk to stay overnight.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Private Pamukkale and Hierapolis (Ancient City) Tour and Drop off DNZ Airport
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
Early morning we will leave your hotel in Kuşadasi where will have a 3 hours drive to Pamukkale, your guide gives you a brief introduction and underway we will stop for breakfast. By arrival nearly in Pamukkale, we will visit first Laodicia.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Karahayit, Denizli Yolu, Denizli Turkiye
Karahayit has been started to be known for its rust-red hot mineral water and kept getting well-known for its other hot water springs and thermal hotels near Pamukkale which has also been used as a spa center since the second century BC, literally means "cotton castle" in Turkish.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkiye
After lunch, we will visit Hierapolis. We enter from the top of the site in Hierapolis Ancient City exploring the gymnasium,
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pamukkale Tiyatrosu, Izmir Blv. Yanyolu No:3, Pamukkale 20150 Turkiye
It is located in the middle of Hierapolis and is very well preserved. it was built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Pamukkale Turkiye
At the end of the day, we will go barefoot and walk along the white terraces of Pamukkale. You will be able to enjoy the natural hot springs or swim in the Antique Cleopatra Bath for an additional fee. By the end of the tour, your guide will bring you directly to the airport for your flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival in Istanbul, We will pick you up from the airport and transfer you back to your hotel in Istanbul.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.